³⁸ Like a lion^(A) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(B)
because of the sword^[a] of the oppressor^(C)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(D)

¹⁶ They will stumble^(A) repeatedly;
    they will fall^(B) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people^(C) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’^(D)